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Plasticity vs Compressibility - What's the difference?

plasticity | compressibility |

As nouns the difference between plasticity and compressibility

is that plasticity is the quality or state of being plastic while compressibility is the degree to which something is compressible.

plasticity

English

(wikipedia plasticity)

Noun

  • The quality or state of being .
  • (physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)

    • Related terms

    * elasticity

    compressibility

    English

    Noun

    (compressibilities)
  • the degree to which something is compressible
  • (thermodynamics) the product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature

    • References

    * Physical Chemistry. A molecular approach Donald A. McQuarrie, John D. Simon page 642